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		sriramk on March 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is nobody using SSL Client Certificates? Nobody adopted them (my opinion, not sure what the official take is). Don't think anybody understood them either.

ComputerGuru on March 3, 2012 [–]

That was one of the features I was most excited about in Windows Vista, and I was really sad that MS did not push them in way, shape, or form; or even make an effort to use them on their own web properties.

I think they could have caught on at least as well as BrowserID will.

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